1
Automation & Deployment
Botify: Be Found
across all traditional and generative search engines
Aggregation & Prioritization
BRAND DATA Web Crawler Search intent via GSC Logs Data Revenue Data
DemandSphere
Overview
Enterprise-scale, visual SERP analytics
Automated SEO data warehouse & pipeline
The Modern SERP
Traditional Google Search Console metrics
Traditional metrics do not reveal factors that impact CTR
Average Position (Max. Potential Traffic)
Impressions (depends on Avg. Pos.)
Clicks
CTR
(clicks / impressions)
Traditional metrics do not reveal factors that impact CTR
Average Position (Max. Potential Traffic)
Impressions (depends on Avg. Pos.)
Clicks
CTR
(clicks / impressions)
What happened?
Derived metrics
What happened?
Derived metrics
Traditional metrics do not reveal factors that impact CTR
Average Position (Max. Potential Traffic)
Impressions (depends on Avg. Pos.)
Clicks
CTR
(clicks / impressions)
WHY?
What happened?
Derived metrics
What happened?
Derived metrics
Pixel depth and fold appearance determines attention
Attention determines click-through rates (CTR)
SERP shape is one of the best predictors of user
behavior on the internet
Visual SERP analytics enables pre-click predictions
330 pixels
540 pixels
Pixel depth:
900 pixels
Pixels =
Attention
Anatomy of an AI Overview
Google generative
overview
Key points
394
Average Pixel Height
Expanded AIO
example
Links:
Links overview
Links (show all)
Links are generally pulled from top
12 rankings and have a high cosine
similarity to the generated summary
Research study into AI Overview impact
120,778
Total Keywords
36,000
Commercial Keywords
85,638
Informational Keywords
22
Websites
10
E-Commerce
10
Brands
2
Publishers
Framing this study
Measuring AI
Overview impact
for your own brand
is critical
Framing this study
Measuring AI
Overview impact
for your own brand
is critical Global AI Overview
rollout is not
complete
Framing this study
Measuring AI
Overview impact
for your own brand
is critical Global AI Overview
rollout is not
complete
User behaviour is
diverse
running shoes
What are the best running shoes?
Leveraging Commercial + PAAs to “force” AIOs
Commercial
Informational
Can you wear running shoes for walking all day?
Informational
What shoes to run on a trail?
Informational
Are running shoes machine washable?
Informational
Total SERPs
120,778
Commercial
36,000
Informational
85,638
# of Sites
22
With AIOs
57,263
AIO %
47%
Keyword Set Breakdown SERPs with AIOs AIO Intent Breakdown
AI Overviews appeared for 47% of the keywords
19% of Commercial triggered AIO 59% of Informational triggered AIO
Commercial vs. Informational Breakdowns
55% of queries under 1,000 monthly searches trigger AIOs
Featured Snippets appear
regularly, even when AI
Overviews are present.
This is important to track
because of the net pixel impact
for the searcher.
Featured Snippets aren’t going away, they appeared
for 60.5% of queries
Featured Snippet Avg.
Pixel Height
237.75
AIO Avg. Pixel Height
394.44
Combined Pixel Height
632.19
Avg. Screen Resolution
Height (US)
942.29
AIO and FS pixels take up 67% of Avg. Screen Height
394.44
pixels
237.75
pixels
https://gs.statcounter.com/screen-resolution-stats/desktop/north-america
Defining head, mid, and long tail for this study
Head
1-2 words
Mid
3-4 words
Long Tail
5+ words
Head Keywords
8.9%
Mid Keywords
17.6%
Tail Keywords
73.6%
Commercial Informational
AI Overviews are appearing more in tail queries
The fundamentals still matter
Performing well in organic rankings is the strongest
influencing factor for appearance in AI Overview
links
AI Overview links can be thought of as the new
SERP – when they appear
75% of AI Overview
links came from
position 12 or higher
4 Median Organic Rank
12.03 Average Organic
Rank
12 75th Percentile
Generally appear in positions 1-12 in organic
rankings
Presence is currently correlated with medium to
high Cosine Similarity score
All best practices apply with regard to organic
rankings Cosine Similarity allows us to mathematically
compare the similarity between two bodies of text.
How sources are
selected for inclusion
in AI Overviews
Vector Embeddings
0.001 .0044 .012 ….
0.001 .0043 .011 ….
0.001 .0041 .009 ….
Embedding model
“marathon training”
“running shoes”
“route tracker app”
Cluster visualization with projections
Evaluating AI Overview links with Cosine Similarity
0.82
0.78
0.73
Cosine
Similarity
Relationship of Cosine Similarity to top results
On their own, LLMs are not up to date
User asks a question Limited answer due to
lack of recent content
to source it from
LLM use static content
to answer the question
GenAI search relies on LLMs, models that are
pre-trained on “static” content
GenAI search pulls fresh content from traditional
indexes using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
User asks a
question
Augmented answer
LLM use trained
model with relevant
fresh content
Fresh content
retrieval (RAG)
Query Relevant
fresh content
How GenAI search engines work today
+ Google scrapping
+ New indexes
Today, Bing is at the center of the non-Google Universe
…Tomorrow, ?
Other Players are Aggressively Crawling Your Site
ChatGPT-User crawl volume over major retailers in the US
Why are they crawling
● LLM training
● Real-time retrieval
● Indexation
Source: Botify
Ensure your pages are indexable
Bring your most strategic pages at the top of your
hierarchy
Use automation and pre-rendering solution to
deliver lightening fast pages to search engine
Timeless Tactics - Crawl
Budget
Keep ‘em Clean
Include all (and only) your strategic pages
Update them regularly, automate
Don’t forget about your organic shopping feed
Timeless Tactics - Sitemaps
IndexNow:
Take control of your SEO
game with real-time
indexing
Don’t wait for crawlers! Elevate your website’s
performance and visibility with immediate content
updates in multiple search engines.
Push To Bing:
Guide search & AI bots to
index your pages
Submit your content directly to Bing’s index
Guarantee visibility across Bing and all AI engines
powered by Bing’s index
Intelligence has a lifecycle that requires action
Review and plan
Allow for some time after the campaign to
ensure that data is vetted. Review successes
and failures, establish regression baselines,
and plan next phase.
Execute campaign
Create new content, optimize existing
content, work on digital PR, etc. This
execution phase should be tied to achieving
strategic and operational goals
Define monitoring
Hone research data set into campaign and
group-focused segments, which can be
prioritized for action
Define strategic goals
Intelligence lifecycles are derived from
strategic vision and initiatives
Research opportunities
Initial SERP and search volume focused
analysis of competitive and market landscape
01
05
04 03
02
AI Overviews Study:
Inside Google's New
Search Reality
Find all the insights and actionable items and
more in our upcoming joined whitepaper.
Coming up next week
Ray Grieselhuber
Founder & CEO
DemandSphere
linkedin.com/in/raygrieselhuber
Thank you
Global VP of Professional Services
Botify
linkedin.com/in/timresnik
Tim Resnik
Book a
demo with
Botify
Book a demo
with
DemandSphere
Mastering AI Overviews For Greater Search Visibility

Mastering AI Overviews For Greater Search Visibility

  • 1.
  • 2.
    Automation & Deployment Botify:Be Found across all traditional and generative search engines Aggregation & Prioritization BRAND DATA Web Crawler Search intent via GSC Logs Data Revenue Data
  • 3.
    DemandSphere Overview Enterprise-scale, visual SERPanalytics Automated SEO data warehouse & pipeline
  • 4.
  • 5.
  • 6.
    Traditional metrics donot reveal factors that impact CTR Average Position (Max. Potential Traffic) Impressions (depends on Avg. Pos.) Clicks CTR (clicks / impressions)
  • 7.
    Traditional metrics donot reveal factors that impact CTR Average Position (Max. Potential Traffic) Impressions (depends on Avg. Pos.) Clicks CTR (clicks / impressions) What happened? Derived metrics What happened? Derived metrics
  • 8.
    Traditional metrics donot reveal factors that impact CTR Average Position (Max. Potential Traffic) Impressions (depends on Avg. Pos.) Clicks CTR (clicks / impressions) WHY? What happened? Derived metrics What happened? Derived metrics
  • 9.
    Pixel depth andfold appearance determines attention Attention determines click-through rates (CTR) SERP shape is one of the best predictors of user behavior on the internet Visual SERP analytics enables pre-click predictions 330 pixels 540 pixels Pixel depth: 900 pixels Pixels = Attention
  • 10.
    Anatomy of anAI Overview Google generative overview Key points 394 Average Pixel Height Expanded AIO example Links: Links overview Links (show all) Links are generally pulled from top 12 rankings and have a high cosine similarity to the generated summary
  • 11.
    Research study intoAI Overview impact 120,778 Total Keywords 36,000 Commercial Keywords 85,638 Informational Keywords 22 Websites 10 E-Commerce 10 Brands 2 Publishers
  • 12.
    Framing this study MeasuringAI Overview impact for your own brand is critical
  • 13.
    Framing this study MeasuringAI Overview impact for your own brand is critical Global AI Overview rollout is not complete
  • 14.
    Framing this study MeasuringAI Overview impact for your own brand is critical Global AI Overview rollout is not complete User behaviour is diverse
  • 15.
    running shoes What arethe best running shoes? Leveraging Commercial + PAAs to “force” AIOs Commercial Informational Can you wear running shoes for walking all day? Informational What shoes to run on a trail? Informational Are running shoes machine washable? Informational
  • 16.
    Total SERPs 120,778 Commercial 36,000 Informational 85,638 # ofSites 22 With AIOs 57,263 AIO % 47% Keyword Set Breakdown SERPs with AIOs AIO Intent Breakdown AI Overviews appeared for 47% of the keywords
  • 17.
    19% of Commercialtriggered AIO 59% of Informational triggered AIO Commercial vs. Informational Breakdowns
  • 18.
    55% of queriesunder 1,000 monthly searches trigger AIOs
  • 19.
    Featured Snippets appear regularly,even when AI Overviews are present. This is important to track because of the net pixel impact for the searcher. Featured Snippets aren’t going away, they appeared for 60.5% of queries
  • 20.
    Featured Snippet Avg. PixelHeight 237.75 AIO Avg. Pixel Height 394.44 Combined Pixel Height 632.19 Avg. Screen Resolution Height (US) 942.29 AIO and FS pixels take up 67% of Avg. Screen Height 394.44 pixels 237.75 pixels https://gs.statcounter.com/screen-resolution-stats/desktop/north-america
  • 21.
    Defining head, mid,and long tail for this study Head 1-2 words Mid 3-4 words Long Tail 5+ words
  • 22.
    Head Keywords 8.9% Mid Keywords 17.6% TailKeywords 73.6% Commercial Informational AI Overviews are appearing more in tail queries
  • 23.
    The fundamentals stillmatter Performing well in organic rankings is the strongest influencing factor for appearance in AI Overview links AI Overview links can be thought of as the new SERP – when they appear 75% of AI Overview links came from position 12 or higher 4 Median Organic Rank 12.03 Average Organic Rank 12 75th Percentile
  • 24.
    Generally appear inpositions 1-12 in organic rankings Presence is currently correlated with medium to high Cosine Similarity score All best practices apply with regard to organic rankings Cosine Similarity allows us to mathematically compare the similarity between two bodies of text. How sources are selected for inclusion in AI Overviews
  • 25.
    Vector Embeddings 0.001 .0044.012 …. 0.001 .0043 .011 …. 0.001 .0041 .009 …. Embedding model “marathon training” “running shoes” “route tracker app” Cluster visualization with projections
  • 26.
    Evaluating AI Overviewlinks with Cosine Similarity 0.82 0.78 0.73 Cosine Similarity
  • 27.
    Relationship of CosineSimilarity to top results
  • 29.
    On their own,LLMs are not up to date
  • 30.
    User asks aquestion Limited answer due to lack of recent content to source it from LLM use static content to answer the question GenAI search relies on LLMs, models that are pre-trained on “static” content
  • 31.
    GenAI search pullsfresh content from traditional indexes using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) User asks a question Augmented answer LLM use trained model with relevant fresh content Fresh content retrieval (RAG) Query Relevant fresh content How GenAI search engines work today + Google scrapping + New indexes
  • 32.
    Today, Bing isat the center of the non-Google Universe …Tomorrow, ?
  • 33.
    Other Players areAggressively Crawling Your Site ChatGPT-User crawl volume over major retailers in the US Why are they crawling ● LLM training ● Real-time retrieval ● Indexation Source: Botify
  • 34.
    Ensure your pagesare indexable Bring your most strategic pages at the top of your hierarchy Use automation and pre-rendering solution to deliver lightening fast pages to search engine Timeless Tactics - Crawl Budget
  • 35.
    Keep ‘em Clean Includeall (and only) your strategic pages Update them regularly, automate Don’t forget about your organic shopping feed Timeless Tactics - Sitemaps
  • 36.
    IndexNow: Take control ofyour SEO game with real-time indexing Don’t wait for crawlers! Elevate your website’s performance and visibility with immediate content updates in multiple search engines.
  • 37.
    Push To Bing: Guidesearch & AI bots to index your pages Submit your content directly to Bing’s index Guarantee visibility across Bing and all AI engines powered by Bing’s index
  • 38.
    Intelligence has alifecycle that requires action Review and plan Allow for some time after the campaign to ensure that data is vetted. Review successes and failures, establish regression baselines, and plan next phase. Execute campaign Create new content, optimize existing content, work on digital PR, etc. This execution phase should be tied to achieving strategic and operational goals Define monitoring Hone research data set into campaign and group-focused segments, which can be prioritized for action Define strategic goals Intelligence lifecycles are derived from strategic vision and initiatives Research opportunities Initial SERP and search volume focused analysis of competitive and market landscape 01 05 04 03 02
  • 39.
    AI Overviews Study: InsideGoogle's New Search Reality Find all the insights and actionable items and more in our upcoming joined whitepaper. Coming up next week
  • 40.
    Ray Grieselhuber Founder &CEO DemandSphere linkedin.com/in/raygrieselhuber Thank you Global VP of Professional Services Botify linkedin.com/in/timresnik Tim Resnik Book a demo with Botify Book a demo with DemandSphere